Man accused of Huntingdon train stabbings appears in court
Anthony Williams was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder
Last updated 9th Jul 2026
A man has pleaded not guilty after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire.
33 year old Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after several people were stabbed on an LNER train from Doncaster to London on the 1st of November last year.
He is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of a bladed article.
Separately, Williams is charged with one count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article over an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of November 1, where a victim suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a knife.
At an earlier hearing, the case was joined together with a set of seven further charges, forming an indictment with a total of 21 counts.
Williams is charged with the attempted murders of a 14-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man, and the attempted wounding of a 28-year-old man, in Peterborough on October 31.
He is also charged with affray at a barber shop in Peterborough on October 31, and the theft of a pack of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on October 31.
Williams is charged with the assault of a man on a King’s Cross to Peterborough train on November 1.
He is also charged with possessing a bladed article in a public place at a footbridge near Henry Penn Walk, the Rail World car park and Queen’s Walk, all in Peterborough, on October 31.
Williams had been due to stand trial from June 22 at Cambridge Crown Court but this was pushed back to October 26 during a court hearing in April, as further reports are awaited.